I'm waiting outside for her and my boss-
who's a young,
successful,
single guy,
passes by
and says,
"That's why I'm not in a relationship,"
and I think
'You shirk love
because
you don't want
to wait?'
I smile
and continue to wait.
My pause
causes
him to respond
nervously.
He tells me,
he was only
joking.
I smile
and continue to wait.
You see,...
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who's a young,
successful,
single guy,
passes by
and says,
"That's why I'm not in a relationship,"
and I think
'You shirk love
because
you don't want
to wait?'
I smile
and continue to wait.
My pause
causes
him to respond
nervously.
He tells me,
he was only
joking.
I smile
and continue to wait.
You see,...
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33 percent paycut(2)
Thirty-three percent pay cut
same job
the same hours
as she listens to
every
single table
going around about
money
jobs
and savings
it's a constant reminder
her husband hasn't
had a steady job
in three years
about to lose the house
a beautiful daughter
finished with college
she removes another plate
and thinks
no one tells you
it can go...
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Thirty-three percent pay cut
same job
the same hours
as she listens to
every
single table
going around about
money
jobs
and savings
it's a constant reminder
her husband hasn't
had a steady job
in three years
about to lose the house
a beautiful daughter
finished with college
she removes another plate
and thinks
no one tells you
it can go...
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joker_:
Yep, it can and will go sideways. It can also go in directions that no one would have ever expected.
qdd:
this hit home very hard
my story is so similar
In the last 2 years I have experienced:
divorce
55% cut in pay
more hours, less job satisfaction
daughter started college
investment properties went back to the bank
credit ruined
bankruptcy filing this month
ex-husband unemployed for 2 years
no child support either
mortgage $3,000 a mo didn't get smaller when my income did
always waiting for the other shoe to drop
hard to keep my head above water some days.
but......
i have my health
3 children that are beautiful rays of light in my life
a daughter that in the end got her own loans and loves college
a job when many don't
a home that so far I manage to keep
a father that is 84 and an inspiration
family to lean on when I have to
so many things to be thankful for when i stop and think about it
thanks for making me stop today and take stock in what i have instead of focusing on what i've lost
my story is so similar
In the last 2 years I have experienced:
divorce
55% cut in pay
more hours, less job satisfaction
daughter started college
investment properties went back to the bank
credit ruined
bankruptcy filing this month
ex-husband unemployed for 2 years
no child support either
mortgage $3,000 a mo didn't get smaller when my income did
always waiting for the other shoe to drop
hard to keep my head above water some days.
but......
i have my health
3 children that are beautiful rays of light in my life
a daughter that in the end got her own loans and loves college
a job when many don't
a home that so far I manage to keep
a father that is 84 and an inspiration
family to lean on when I have to
so many things to be thankful for when i stop and think about it
thanks for making me stop today and take stock in what i have instead of focusing on what i've lost
Sunday morning coffee
we talk about quiet
and being a City girl
for her
it can be louder than jackhammers
sirens
or screams
across the table
I look up and can't help but think
of her naked
the way her breasts curve
into her hips
and that patch of hair
and she catches the look
and asks
what
smiling
I tell her what I'm thinking...
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we talk about quiet
and being a City girl
for her
it can be louder than jackhammers
sirens
or screams
across the table
I look up and can't help but think
of her naked
the way her breasts curve
into her hips
and that patch of hair
and she catches the look
and asks
what
smiling
I tell her what I'm thinking...
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qdd:
I want to be the girl someone writes about. A muse.
This is beautiful and perfect and I enjoy your writing very much.
This is beautiful and perfect and I enjoy your writing very much.
fashionista:
i love this poem
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nene:
Nice!
lavender_:
Really cool, who's she?
after an all white desert I slept through into Nevada
prisons and slots and Mesas almost always far away
unless you were cresting them at Eighty-five
the landscape suddenly becomes California
Tahoe and the Sierra Nevadas
flat past Sacramento
eighty miles from San Francisco
stop in Davis
shag a bus ride
spilling tears in Northern California
the sky raising beauty of Shasta-Whiskeytown
humbling and uplifting...
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prisons and slots and Mesas almost always far away
unless you were cresting them at Eighty-five
the landscape suddenly becomes California
Tahoe and the Sierra Nevadas
flat past Sacramento
eighty miles from San Francisco
stop in Davis
shag a bus ride
spilling tears in Northern California
the sky raising beauty of Shasta-Whiskeytown
humbling and uplifting...
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bettybruises:
yaaaaaaaay p-town!!!!!
her pursuit of perfection
hes left her
rather lonely
like Icarus
flying towards the Sun
losing feathers
as the wax
melts
hes left her
rather lonely
like Icarus
flying towards the Sun
losing feathers
as the wax
melts
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_margot_:
that is wonderful
eisenheim:
perfect!
growing up
passionate and intelligent
unlike those
who raised you
continuously told to tame
the mad momentum of your mind
to be more
like them
to 'cut your hair
wear these clothes'
to look act feel
nothing like you felt
told that this is what it will be
to be an adult
all the world
a grey compromise
something almost never said
in words
but...
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passionate and intelligent
unlike those
who raised you
continuously told to tame
the mad momentum of your mind
to be more
like them
to 'cut your hair
wear these clothes'
to look act feel
nothing like you felt
told that this is what it will be
to be an adult
all the world
a grey compromise
something almost never said
in words
but...
Read More
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vaughannegut:
This post has some serious heart...
Thanks.
Thanks.
jena:
Thanks for turning me onto Beach House a while back.
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virginya:
Dinner sounds delish -the steak
I haven't been to the Dali in about 6 months... but yes it's a beautiful place.
I haven't been to the Dali in about 6 months... but yes it's a beautiful place.
eisenheim:
not surprised at all actually
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katieesq:
Queer! 
Awesome dude!
Awesome dude!
nuit:
HAHAHA
the best thing about that is that it's so ridiculous you couldn't have made that up.
When he's kicked the bucket you should put that in quotation marks on his tomb stone!
the best thing about that is that it's so ridiculous you couldn't have made that up.
When he's kicked the bucket you should put that in quotation marks on his tomb stone!
I have a new roommate
and she has a few names
lover
friend
Contessa
best thing
(and there's more but)
the last five months
have been moving towards this
together forever in the here and now
and she has a few names
lover
friend
Contessa
best thing
(and there's more but)
the last five months
have been moving towards this
together forever in the here and now
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jamila:
That sounds hot!
qdd:
i love this... i hope she gets to see what you write about her. i would love to be called "best thing" congrats on moving forward.
congrats on moving forward. 
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crimsonpetals:
Yummmmmy!!!
markbousfield:
Sounds great, I love a good red myself, preferably a Pinot Noir of some description